Five years after first licensure, 69% of traditional-preservice teachers remained in Texas classrooms versus 60% of alternatively certified teachers¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Teachers from traditional preservice programs showed higher 5-year retention than teachers standard-certified through alternative programs in the 2016–17 cohort. → Bland 2023

Evidence¶

Bland 2023¶

Bland, J. A., Wojcikiewicz, S. K., Darling-Hammond, L., & Wei, W. (2023). Strengthening pathways into the teaching profession in Texas: Challenges and opportunities. Learning Policy Institute. https://doi.org/10.54300/957.902

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Cohort retention comparison of the 2016–17 first-licensure cohort by preparation route, reported in the Executive Summary. Both named routes are compared: traditional preservice (69%) versus alternative certification (60%) remaining in Texas classrooms after five years.

"Five years after their first year of full licensure in 2016–17, 69% of teachers from traditional preservice programs remain in Texas classrooms, versus 60% of teachers who received a standard certificate after completing alternative certification programs."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Teachers prepared through traditional certification pathways are retained at higher rates over 5 years than alternatively certified or noncertified Texas teachers — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Noncertified Texas teachers show the sharpest retention decline, with fewer than 40% still teaching after 5 years — related
• Alternatively certified teachers are 25% more likely to leave their schools and the profession, controlling for other factors — related
• An evaluation study compares teachers trained through different routes to certification — related
• Students of university-prepared Texas teachers gained 2.2 additional months of 9th-grade ELA learning and 1.8 additional months of 9th-grade math learning versus students of alternatively prepared teachers — related
• Little is known about teachers certified through alternative certification programs and their experiences after certification — related